The cryner element in the murine γ-crystallin promoters interacts with lens proteins

Ophthalmic Research

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 161-171

  Stöger, Tobias ^a   Augusteyn, Robert C ^b   Graw, Jochen ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF EPIDEMIOLOGY   (Germany)

^b NATIONAL VISION RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Australia)

Author keywords

DNA protein complex; Gel retardation assay; Lens proteins; Crystallin gene

Indexed keywords

DNA FRAGMENT; GAMMA CRYSTALLIN; LENS PROTEIN;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONFORMATIONAL TRANSITION; DNA SEQUENCE; DNA TEMPLATE; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN DNA INTERACTION; TATA BOX;

EID: 0030911526     PISSN: 00303747     EISSN: 14230259     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000268011     Document Type: Article

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